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• Europeans warn search engines: Delete user data sooner

  A European Commission advisory body has suggested that search companies delete data collected about their users after six months a far cry from what most companies currently do.

• Search engine privacy report slammed as bias

  The findings of a report that commended the privacy policies of search engine providers such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, has been slammed as bias because of potentially conflicting financial arrangements with the report's publisher.

• Microsoft and Yahoo to go public on privacy policies?

  Microsoft and Yahoo are set go public on their privacy policies after the controversy surrounding search giant Google's data-retention strategy.

• Microsoft promises privacy for Web searchers

  Microsoft has updated its privacy policy promising to remove the Internet Protocol (IP) address and other identifying data associated with Web searches after 18 months.

• Turning Internet2 into reality

  Douglas E. Van Houweling heads the private-public sector partnership charged with creating a faster electronic network. His modus operandi: Let your imagination fly.

Features and Case Studies (79)

• Search engines reveal privacy policies

  Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.

• 10 ways to monitor company computers

  Like it or not, network administrators these days must take on the added task of playing Big Brother, monitoring employees' use of the computers and network. Here are 10 of the most effective ways to keep an eye on what your users are doing.

• Microsoft's balancing act

  Buffeted by criticism of the way it handles privacy and security matters, Microsoft is trying to batten down the hatches on both fronts in simultaneous efforts.

• 2007: How was it for security?

  Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

• Customers' trust is vital in site marketing efforts

  Customer/visitor identification is just one part of the online business equation—it’s just as important to understand which customers return to your site, and why.

Reviews (51)

• First Take: Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0

  Due out later this year, ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0 promises changes that are much more subtle than ZAP 3.0, but no less powerful.

• First Look: Gmail

  Google's new Web mail service is free and provides a gigabyte of storage, but also raises privacy concerns. We put the beta version through its paces.

• Microsoft Office Standard 2007

  If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.

• How to improve your Outlook

  For many of us, Microsoft Outlook is as much as part of the workplace as cubicle walls and funny grey carpet. But perfect it's not. Here are some fixes for its most frustrating flaws.

• Old hard drives yield data bonanza

  Two MIT graduate students say they found personal and corporate information on used disk drives bought off the Internet and at swap meets.

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